The development objective of the Meghalaya Community Led Landscape Management Project (MCLLMP) for India is to strengthen community-led natural resources management in selected landscapes in the state of Meghalaya. Some of the negative impacts and mitigation... See More +The development objective of the Meghalaya Community Led Landscape Management Project (MCLLMP) for India is to strengthen community-led natural resources management in selected landscapes in the state of Meghalaya. Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures are includes : (i) conversion of pine trees area into open land; (ii) improve on afforestation in the village; (iii) commercial logging is practice mainly in private land for sale as timber, causing fragmentation of forest into smaller patches; (iv) creating awareness on the higher value of the forest when they are left standing, and its impact on climate change, soil conservation, flash flood among the community and private owner; (v) habitat loss and habitat fragmentation due to logging and clearing of forest area in private land; (vi) identification, preserving, and providing awareness to private owner and community as a whole about these sensitive zone and avoidance of encroachment into this area; (vii) open forest (pine trees land) available in the interior part of the village, and dense forest are found only in the community forest. Coal mining in privately owned land have contributed hugely to the degradation of forest area; (viii)CLLMP will work towards spring shed development and drainage land treatment, by prioritizing the most affected area; (ix) aquatic life in river has decrease and in some river they have disappeared for good; (x) plantation of indigenous flora and trees to help support the loss of biodiversity; (xi) dustiness is another problem due to huge number of vehicles travelling from that area; (xii) capacity building and awareness on coal mine effluent and its impact on health and environment; (xiii) CLLMP will help develop community development plan which will help in providing employment opportunity for the community as a whole; (xiv) to keep a check on the land use pattern, jhum cultivation is practice only on the community land; (xv) to prevent the loss of natural environment the community has set up a reserve forest to preserve the natural flora and fauna of the region which has grown naturally; (xvi) to address to climate change, the community member has practice plantation within their private land.
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